The "black box" was borrowed by Tom for research. Considering that the space on the B2 floor was too small, Lucius found a slightly larger single room on the B1 floor and lent it to him as his laboratory and "Surgery operating room".
However, Lucius soon discovered that this guy not only stuffed his personal belongings in, he even stuffed the bed and bedding together.
With this posture, he plans to eat and live at my in room from now on.
For such a situation, as a manager, Lucius deeply self-reflected for a few seconds.
It can be seen that his little player has indeed caused a lot of trouble to Dr. Tom.
But even so, Lucius still felt that it was superfluous for Tom to do so.
After all, as long as he still plans to go to Area A on the second basement floor to eat and drink, it is almost inevitable to run into players who are interested in him.
"Why bother?"
If you avoid those energetic players too much, you will be easily targeted by them. Lucius is too experienced in this kind of thing.
I hope that Dr. Tom can adapt to the new life as soon as possible.
With a silent blessing in his heart, Lucius saw that it was getting late, so he got up and went to the market at the north gate of the outpost.
As the newcomers of the Alpha0.8 version have gradually mastered the gameplay, many interesting stalls have been opened in the market recently.
For example, one sells ramen and one sells fried rice.
The former is run by a player who uses his real name as his ID. It is said that the meat is cut thinner than paper, and the noodles are as thin as a data cable, which is quite authentic.
The latter is not a newcomer, it is said that he is the apprentice of [ Scrambled Eggs ], and his ID is [ Spicy and Sour Potato Shreds ], which also sounds like a good name.
However, due to the lack of supplies in the outpost, there are no eggs. Even though this man fried it very hard, Lucius always felt that it was missing some soul when he tasted it. Lucius tried it once and never tried it again.
Seeing Lucius sitting down in front of his booth, Martin almost cut off his fingers in surprise.
"My lord, what would you like to order?"
NPCs! And also a manager! Is it going to trigger a hidden mission?!
Lucius had long been used to the fuss made by the newcomers and didn't take it to heart at all.
He found a wooden table and sat down, he said.
"A bowl of meat."
"Okay!!!"
After a while, the ramen was served on the table.
The white mist rises, and the smell of noodles mixed with the smell of meat makes the index finger move. Especially the meat in the bowl almost covered the noodles, it seems different from the rumors?
Just as Lucius was about to take a bite, he heard shouting from the side.
"Damn! What a fool, why do I have to eat so little meat?"
"That's right! This is too little!"
"Seriously suspect, this bastard has moved all the meat in our bowl to the manager's bowl!"
Seeing the guests shouting and complaining, Martin didn't panic in the slightest, he didn't even lead the show, and acted confidently.
"What's the noise? You're also an NPC? Can you send me hidden missions? Can you let me rush from T5 to T0?"
Players: "%￥#@!"
"..."
In order to prevent the players from transferring the conflict to himself, Lucius decided to pretend he didn't hear it and concentrate on eating his noodles.
Since the end of the month, the weather has been getting colder every day.
However, the market at the North Gate is getting busier every day.
Everything is slowly getting better.
The only fly in the ointment is that Yaya's mushroom stall seems to be closed. Lucius has not seen her open for several days.
What a shame. Lucius quite liked the mushroom soup made by that little player.
Hope this damn winter ends soon!
...
After dinner.
Lucius, who returned to the shelter, first went to wash his face, and then exchanged the 200 reward points for completing the side missions into 2 advanced blind boxes.
Perhaps because of washing his face, the reward offered by the blind box did not disappoint him very unexpectedly.
In addition to an EMP grenade, he actually got a set of Type 5 "Light Cavalry" light police exoskeleton!
"F*ck! So washing your face is really useful?!" Looking at the equipment lying on the conveyor belt, Lucius had a surprised expression on his face.
To be honest, before opening these two blind boxes, he was a little pessimistic.
After all, he just got a second hummingbird drone not long ago. From a metaphysical point of view, it is reasonable to have to face bad luck several times.
However, the system did not follow the routine and threw an SSR to him directly.
Lucius thought, it must be because he likes to do good deeds. This character is simply against the sky!
After recovering this set of exoskeletons from the conveyor belt, Lucius originally planned to sell them in Boss Sumeria's weapon shop.
However, after thinking about it for a few seconds, he dismissed the idea.
The reason is simple.
So far, none of the nine "Miner I" exoskeletons that have been hung in the store have been sold except one that was given out by lottery.
Not only because of the purchase threshold of "Contribution level citizen, player level LV10", but also because of the price of the equipment itself.
2000 silver coins.
There are only a handful of players in the server who can spend so much money.
The Type 5 "Light Cavalry" exoskeleton was used as police equipment in the pre-war society. Its performance in all aspects is obviously better than that of the miner I designed by the company, not to mention that it also comes with composite bulletproof armor?
If you take it to a company on the east coast, this kind of pre-war equipment can be exchanged for 5 sets of "Miner Type I" at least!
"How many silver coins to sell can be negotiated. Miner I is a level 10 equipment, and Type 5 is a good thing...it is reasonable to have to be level 15 or 20."
"The secondary equipment hasn't been sold yet, so there's no point in putting more advanced equipment on the shelves now, except to put it there to eat ashes."
That being the case, it's better to take it to the guards and give it to NPCs who need attendance.
On the premise of not destroying the balance of "Wasteland OL", this is also the best disposal method that Lucius can think of, which can make the equipment play its due value.
Seeing that there were still single-digit reward points left, Lucius threw all of them on the basic blind box.
However, the previous explosion of character seemed to have used up all the good luck. This time, nothing good was opened, and all the ones that came out were lollipops. And they are all the ones without attribute bonuses.
However, Lucius didn't care. One cannot be too greedy.
A set of exoskeleton has already been enough for him to be happy!
The blind box is exhausted. Catch up with the peak of players going offline, Lucius originally planned to go to the forum to OB for a while, but just as he sat down in front of the computer, a line of light blue pop-up windows appeared in front of him.
【 System: The development progress of the player "Badass Bunny" gene sequence has reached 10%. 】
Huh?
"There are players who have already reached level ten?"
Surprised, Lucius immediately opened the player list and saw Bunny's number at a glance.
"Popo, help me retrieve the player's attribute panel!"
The speakers on the wall, responding instantly.
"Got it, Master!"
Soon, a form appeared on the computer screen on the desk.
[ ID: Badass Bunny
Gene sequence: Strength system ( Second stage)
Level: LV.9→LV10
——Basic attributes——
Strength: 12→17
Agility: 6→7
Constitution: 6→7
Perception: 6→7
Intelligence: 4→5 ]
[ Talent:
Boundary Breakthrough ( Strength system): Break through the physical limit within 0.5~3 seconds, gain 150%~200% strength attribute bonus, fatigue accumulation speed 200%~400%, cooldown time 30s~1min. ]
Staring at the attribute panel, Lucius touched his chin with interest.
"Awakening of the power system, increase the main attribute by 5 points, and increase the rest of the attributes by 1 point... This panel data is quite good."
Especially the power of those 17 points is the same as his own!
And that "Boundary Breakthrough", which can obtain a maximum power bonus of 200% in a short period of time, and 17 points of power will become 34 in seconds?
Although the lack of durability is a problem, for melee players, the victory or defeat itself is a matter of an instant.
To be able to gain the power to rival mutants in a short period of time with a human body is already terrifying!
Lucius had no doubts at all that his little players could use this skill to the fullest.
"Awakening takes 6 to 8 hours, and the clone cannot be awakened during this time... It seems that my guess is correct, and the upgrade is all while sleeping."
Lucius noticed that the training cabin can speed up this process to a certain extent.
In addition, after the awakened clone, the active substance required for resurrection has changed from 1 unit to 2 units. As for the CD, there is no change, it is still 72 hours.
After Lucius sorted out the information collected from Bunny, he selectively updated it in the official website database.
I hope this information can provide some reference for his players.
...
10 p.m.
After tidying up the new room, Tom came to the manager's office again and found Lucius.
"Can you give me a few more VMs? Twenty is enough."
Hearing this strange request, Lucius froze for a moment, and looked at Tom.
"Why do you need so many VMs?"
Although the VM reserve on the B2 floor is nearly a thousand, there are now a total of 500 players, and each player's share is less than 2.
Even without considering the natural loss caused by unexpected circumstances, NPCs still need to issue tasks and communicate with players through VMs.
Although Lucius has not encountered a shortage of VMs for the time being, the reserves of these things are far from rich enough to be squandered at will.
"Although I also want a professional computer for work, you obviously don't have one here," Tom glanced at the retro "Suitcase" computer on the desk, and continued, "VM's processor computing power, although it’s a bit weak, it’s still usable if you change it. If twenty are connected together, it can barely meet my work needs.”
Lucius shook his head and said.
"Twenty VMs are too much! If you need computing power, the server in the shelter has enough computing power. I can give you some. What do you think?"
Tom's eyes lit up and said.
"Of course, that's the best! But even so, I still need a few VMs to serve as screens and operation interfaces—"
"Three," Lucius stretched out three fingers, "Is that enough?"
Looking at the three fingers, Tom scratched the back of his head with some headaches.
"I'm not sure... To be honest, it's also the first time for me to try a temporary workstation like DIY. In the academy, all personnel above D level have their own independent laboratory, where they can engage in equipment modification and sample analysis—"
"That's really sorry, the conditions here are just like this, I can only trouble you to overcome it." After coughing slightly, Lucius looked at him seriously, and continued, "However, I assure you, I will let players pay more attention when picking up waste. If they find usable electronic equipment, it will be sent to you as soon as possible. As for the VM... that's all I can give you for the time being, let me know if it's not enough."
"After all, it's the early stage of starting a business, right?" Tom made a helpless expression, shrugged his shoulders, and expressed that he had no objection.
He is aware of the difficulty of shelter 404.
It was as clean as if it had been burglarized. He had never seen such a poor three-digit shelter. Not to mention the most basic facilities like sanitation stations, there is not even an automatic kitchen, and food has to be brought in from outside!
It's really embarrassing for the residents here, one and two are simply models among model workers, and the optimistic ones are hardly human.
If they were to change to another shelter, the fact that the managers forced them to eat mutated food would probably be enough for them to revolt.
With the three VMs he got from Lucius, Tom was going to walk out the door, but at this moment, Lucius suddenly remembered something, and called out to him.
"Wait a minute."
Stopping at the door, Tom turned around and asked.
"What's wrong?"
Lucius continued.
"Where do I go to get fuel rods if I want to refuel the shelter's reactor?"
Hearing this unexpected speech, Tom was taken aback for a moment, and was instantly startled when he came back to his senses.
"What do you mean, your shelter is out of fuel?!"
Lucius coughed and said.
"It's not my shelter, it's the one I... picked up recently."
However, Lucius himself has no idea how much energy can be used in shelter 404.
So far, he has not unlocked the floor where the reactor is located. Even if he wants to refuel the shelter, there is no place to refuel. He can only hope that the current energy consumption rate of the shelter is still within the expectations of the first-generation managers.
If GAME OVER is due to a power outage, that would be too much!
Hearing Lucius's explanation, Tom breathed a sigh of relief, and continued after a pause.
"The fuel rods for the shelter are not easy to find. After all, the original intention of the shelter plan was not to keep the survivors underground. Some shelters will even gradually shut down the life support system after opening, or adjust the full cycle to half-circle to urge the Shelter Dwellers back to the surface to start rebuilding."
Lucius frowned.
"Does that mean there's no other way?"
"No." Tom shook his head. "As far as I know, Aviatium Aerospace is the organization that designed the reactor for the refuge in the Central Continent area. The reactor is of the same model as the 'Skyster' series of space stations and the N series of spacecraft in terms of specifications."
Lucius couldn't help but said.
"I can't go to the sky to find this thing."
Tom nodded and said.
"Yes, it is really unrealistic to go to the sky to recover fuel rods. The situation there is not much better than that on the ground, and it may even be worse. However, although we cannot go to outer space, we can find some that have not been sent to outer space. In addition, some research institutions associated with Aviatium Aerospace should also be able to find this kind of fuel rods... I heard that their backup generators are of a similar model."
Lucius stared at him with piercing eyes.
"Do you have any good plans?"
Tom hesitated and said.
"I can't guarantee it, but I can give it a try... If you can get the production data and product numbers ofAviatium Aerospace or its factories, you should be able to locate some usable fuel rods."
If I remember correctly, there should be such facilities in the southern part of River Valley Province.
And there should be some usable electronic equipment there, which is what Tom urgently needs now.
After hearing these words, Lucius stood up from the office chair with a bang, walked in front of him overjoyed, and put his hands on his shoulders.
"Okay, then this mission is given to you!"
Facing the eager eyes, Tom was startled, and said without confidence.
"I can only say I will try my best..."
It is now the 211th year of the Wasteland Era, and before that, there has been a three-year war. During these two long centuries, anything is possible.
Even the nursing home on the surface of shelter 404 has been visited by scavengers more than once—it’s just that no one has discovered that there is a shelter hidden under the seemingly broken elevator.
If the fuel rods can be obtained, not only the related missions of shelter 117 can be completed, but also the potential energy crisis of shelter 404 can be solved.
It's killing two birds with one stone!
In a good mood, Lucius waved his hand, and immediately allocated a "Huge sum" of up to 10,000 silver coins to the project of recycling fuel rods.
Finding fuel rods that can match the reactor in the shelter will be the first task of the shelter 404 scientific research team.
As the head of the scientific expedition team, Tom can use this budget to recruit players to explore the target, or issue public rewards.
However, Lucius also warned him that it is best not to spend the money all at once, and sometimes giving too much may not be a good thing.
The specific method of using the budget, as well as the setting of the benchmark value of task rewards at each level, have been included in the "Shelter Resident Handbook (NPC Edition)" in detail.
This is a required course for every NPC in shelter 404.
If you have any questions about one of the terms, you can click the question mark icon on the manual page of the VM to ask the manager assistant "Popo". Popo, who is online 24 hours a day, will answer every question.
However, just like when Boss Sumeria first came here, Dr. Tom didn't have any feelings about things like silver coins, and instead took this opportunity to complain.
"You guys are still using metal currency? Don't you find it troublesome?"
Lucius said disapprovingly.
"Metal currency has the benefits of metal currency. The sound of coins colliding can make people work harder, and coins that can be seen and touched are easier to be recognized by strangers... However, I am also thinking about it recently. We need a more convenient set of currency. Go about your own business, you don't need to worry about this problem, I will find a way to solve it."
After Dr. Tom left.
Lucius, who was sitting in front of the computer, switched back to his identity as a planner, and logged into the background page of the official website of "Wasteland OL".
Before opening shelter 117, Lucius only recovered the power armor there, Dr. Principle's suitcase, and the manager's VM, and there were still many areas that he hadn't had time to explore carefully.
Currently, there are two tasks left in his task bar.
One is to refuel the reactor of shelter 117. After completing this, you can get the manager authority of shelter 117.
The other is a quest triggered by Dr. Principe's videotape.
That is, take the VM to explore the entire area of shelter 117, and you can unlock the B3 floor of shelter 404 after completing it.
Lucius had entrusted Tom with the task of finding fuel rods.
As for the latter task, the current exploration progress is 21%, and Lucius intends to hand over the rest to his little players.
The alien species at the entrance of the shelter has been resolved, and the job of exploring the map itself is not difficult, so I just took this opportunity to give benefits to his players.
I already have an idea in my mind.
A smile floated on Lucius's face, he put his hands on the keyboard, and began to assign "tomorrow" homework to his little players——
[ Announcement: The player "Badass Bunny" has been upgraded to level 10, becoming the first strength player whose gene sequence development progress has reached 10%! ]
[ Announcement: A new version is coming soon, and the unlimited time event "Our Neighbors" will start on time at 19:00 tonight! ]
[ Activity Content: Take the VM to visit Shelter No. 117, check in all the scenes, and the exploration progress reaches 100%, you can get a mysterious gift! ]
[ Note: There is no time limit for the event, and you can claim it with a VM. To avoid traffic jams, players are requested to travel at staggered peak times! ]
The "black box" was borrowed by Tom for research. Considering that the space on the B2 floor was too small, Lucius found a slightly larger single room on the B1 floor and lent it to him as his laboratory and "Surgery operating room".
However, Lucius soon discovered that this guy not only stuffed his personal belongings in, he even stuffed the bed and bedding together.
With this posture, he plans to eat and live at my in room from now on.
For such a situation, as a manager, Lucius deeply self-reflected for a few seconds.
It can be seen that his little player has indeed caused a lot of trouble to Dr. Tom.
But even so, Lucius still felt that it was superfluous for Tom to do so.
After all, as long as he still plans to go to Area A on the second basement floor to eat and drink, it is almost inevitable to run into players who are interested in him.
"Why bother?"
If you avoid those energetic players too much, you will be easily targeted by them. Lucius is too experienced in this kind of thing.
I hope that Dr. Tom can adapt to the new life as soon as possible.
With a silent blessing in his heart, Lucius saw that it was getting late, so he got up and went to the market at the north gate of the outpost.
As the newcomers of the Alpha0.8 version have gradually mastered the gameplay, many interesting stalls have been opened in the market recently.
For example, one sells ramen and one sells fried rice.
The former is run by a player who uses his real name as his ID. It is said that the meat is cut thinner than paper, and the noodles are as thin as a data cable, which is quite authentic.
The latter is not a newcomer, it is said that he is the apprentice of [ Scrambled Eggs ], and his ID is [ Spicy and Sour Potato Shreds ], which also sounds like a good name.
However, due to the lack of supplies in the outpost, there are no eggs. Even though this man fried it very hard, Lucius always felt that it was missing some soul when he tasted it. Lucius tried it once and never tried it again.
Seeing Lucius sitting down in front of his booth, Martin almost cut off his fingers in surprise.
"My lord, what would you like to order?"
NPCs! And also a manager! Is it going to trigger a hidden mission?!
Lucius had long been used to the fuss made by the newcomers and didn't take it to heart at all.
He found a wooden table and sat down, he said.
"A bowl of meat."
"Okay!!!"
After a while, the ramen was served on the table.
The white mist rises, and the smell of noodles mixed with the smell of meat makes the index finger move. Especially the meat in the bowl almost covered the noodles, it seems different from the rumors?
Just as Lucius was about to take a bite, he heard shouting from the side.
"Damn! What a fool, why do I have to eat so little meat?"
"That's right! This is too little!"
"Seriously suspect, this bastard has moved all the meat in our bowl to the manager's bowl!"
Seeing the guests shouting and complaining, Martin didn't panic in the slightest, he didn't even lead the show, and acted confidently.
"What's the noise? You're also an NPC? Can you send me hidden missions? Can you let me rush from T5 to T0?"
Players: "%￥#@!"
"..."
In order to prevent the players from transferring the conflict to himself, Lucius decided to pretend he didn't hear it and concentrate on eating his noodles.
Since the end of the month, the weather has been getting colder every day.
However, the market at the North Gate is getting busier every day.
Everything is slowly getting better.
The only fly in the ointment is that Yaya's mushroom stall seems to be closed. Lucius has not seen her open for several days.
What a shame. Lucius quite liked the mushroom soup made by that little player.
Hope this damn winter ends soon!
...
After dinner.
Lucius, who returned to the shelter, first went to wash his face, and then exchanged the 200 reward points for completing the side missions into 2 advanced blind boxes.
Perhaps because of washing his face, the reward offered by the blind box did not disappoint him very unexpectedly.
In addition to an EMP grenade, he actually got a set of Type 5 "Light Cavalry" light police exoskeleton!
"F*ck! So washing your face is really useful?!" Looking at the equipment lying on the conveyor belt, Lucius had a surprised expression on his face.
To be honest, before opening these two blind boxes, he was a little pessimistic.
After all, he just got a second hummingbird drone not long ago. From a metaphysical point of view, it is reasonable to have to face bad luck several times.
However, the system did not follow the routine and threw an SSR to him directly.
Lucius thought, it must be because he likes to do good deeds. This character is simply against the sky!
After recovering this set of exoskeletons from the conveyor belt, Lucius originally planned to sell them in Boss Sumeria's weapon shop.
However, after thinking about it for a few seconds, he dismissed the idea.
The reason is simple.
So far, none of the nine "Miner I" exoskeletons that have been hung in the store have been sold except one that was given out by lottery.
Not only because of the purchase threshold of "Contribution level citizen, player level LV10", but also because of the price of the equipment itself.
2000 silver coins.
There are only a handful of players in the server who can spend so much money.
The Type 5 "Light Cavalry" exoskeleton was used as police equipment in the pre-war society. Its performance in all aspects is obviously better than that of the miner I designed by the company, not to mention that it also comes with composite bulletproof armor?
If you take it to a company on the east coast, this kind of pre-war equipment can be exchanged for 5 sets of "Miner Type I" at least!
"How many silver coins to sell can be negotiated. Miner I is a level 10 equipment, and Type 5 is a good thing...it is reasonable to have to be level 15 or 20."
"The secondary equipment hasn't been sold yet, so there's no point in putting more advanced equipment on the shelves now, except to put it there to eat ashes."
That being the case, it's better to take it to the guards and give it to NPCs who need attendance.
On the premise of not destroying the balance of "Wasteland OL", this is also the best disposal method that Lucius can think of, which can make the equipment play its due value.
Seeing that there were still single-digit reward points left, Lucius threw all of them on the basic blind box.
However, the previous explosion of character seemed to have used up all the good luck. This time, nothing good was opened, and all the ones that came out were lollipops. And they are all the ones without attribute bonuses.
However, Lucius didn't care. One cannot be too greedy.
A set of exoskeleton has already been enough for him to be happy!
The blind box is exhausted. Catch up with the peak of players going offline, Lucius originally planned to go to the forum to OB for a while, but just as he sat down in front of the computer, a line of light blue pop-up windows appeared in front of him.
【 System: The development progress of the player "Badass Bunny" gene sequence has reached 10%. 】
Huh?
"There are players who have already reached level ten?"
Surprised, Lucius immediately opened the player list and saw Bunny's number at a glance.
"Popo, help me retrieve the player's attribute panel!"
The speakers on the wall, responding instantly.
"Got it, Master!"
Soon, a form appeared on the computer screen on the desk.
[ ID: Badass Bunny
Gene sequence: Strength system ( Second stage)
Level: LV.9→LV10
——Basic attributes——
Strength: 12→17
Agility: 6→7
Constitution: 6→7
Perception: 6→7
Intelligence: 4→5 ]
[ Talent:
Boundary Breakthrough ( Strength system): Break through the physical limit within 0.5~3 seconds, gain 150%~200% strength attribute bonus, fatigue accumulation speed 200%~400%, cooldown time 30s~1min. ]
Staring at the attribute panel, Lucius touched his chin with interest.
"Awakening of the power system, increase the main attribute by 5 points, and increase the rest of the attributes by 1 point... This panel data is quite good."
Especially the power of those 17 points is the same as his own!
And that "Boundary Breakthrough", which can obtain a maximum power bonus of 200% in a short period of time, and 17 points of power will become 34 in seconds?
Although the lack of durability is a problem, for melee players, the victory or defeat itself is a matter of an instant.
To be able to gain the power to rival mutants in a short period of time with a human body is already terrifying!
Lucius had no doubts at all that his little players could use this skill to the fullest.
"Awakening takes 6 to 8 hours, and the clone cannot be awakened during this time... It seems that my guess is correct, and the upgrade is all while sleeping."
Lucius noticed that the training cabin can speed up this process to a certain extent.
In addition, after the awakened clone, the active substance required for resurrection has changed from 1 unit to 2 units. As for the CD, there is no change, it is still 72 hours.
After Lucius sorted out the information collected from Bunny, he selectively updated it in the official website database.
I hope this information can provide some reference for his players.
...
10 p.m.
After tidying up the new room, Tom came to the manager's office again and found Lucius.
"Can you give me a few more VMs? Twenty is enough."
Hearing this strange request, Lucius froze for a moment, and looked at Tom.
"Why do you need so many VMs?"
Although the VM reserve on the B2 floor is nearly a thousand, there are now a total of 500 players, and each player's share is less than 2.
Even without considering the natural loss caused by unexpected circumstances, NPCs still need to issue tasks and communicate with players through VMs.
Although Lucius has not encountered a shortage of VMs for the time being, the reserves of these things are far from rich enough to be squandered at will.
"Although I also want a professional computer for work, you obviously don't have one here," Tom glanced at the retro "Suitcase" computer on the desk, and continued, "VM's processor computing power, although it’s a bit weak, it’s still usable if you change it. If twenty are connected together, it can barely meet my work needs.”
Lucius shook his head and said.
"Twenty VMs are too much! If you need computing power, the server in the shelter has enough computing power. I can give you some. What do you think?"
Tom's eyes lit up and said.
"Of course, that's the best! But even so, I still need a few VMs to serve as screens and operation interfaces—"
"Three," Lucius stretched out three fingers, "Is that enough?"
Looking at the three fingers, Tom scratched the back of his head with some headaches.
"I'm not sure... To be honest, it's also the first time for me to try a temporary workstation like DIY. In the academy, all personnel above D level have their own independent laboratory, where they can engage in equipment modification and sample analysis—"
"That's really sorry, the conditions here are just like this, I can only trouble you to overcome it." After coughing slightly, Lucius looked at him seriously, and continued, "However, I assure you, I will let players pay more attention when picking up waste. If they find usable electronic equipment, it will be sent to you as soon as possible. As for the VM... that's all I can give you for the time being, let me know if it's not enough."
"After all, it's the early stage of starting a business, right?" Tom made a helpless expression, shrugged his shoulders, and expressed that he had no objection.
He is aware of the difficulty of shelter 404.
It was as clean as if it had been burglarized. He had never seen such a poor three-digit shelter. Not to mention the most basic facilities like sanitation stations, there is not even an automatic kitchen, and food has to be brought in from outside!
It's really embarrassing for the residents here, one and two are simply models among model workers, and the optimistic ones are hardly human.
If they were to change to another shelter, the fact that the managers forced them to eat mutated food would probably be enough for them to revolt.
With the three VMs he got from Lucius, Tom was going to walk out the door, but at this moment, Lucius suddenly remembered something, and called out to him.
"Wait a minute."
Stopping at the door, Tom turned around and asked.
"What's wrong?"
Lucius continued.
"Where do I go to get fuel rods if I want to refuel the shelter's reactor?"
Hearing this unexpected speech, Tom was taken aback for a moment, and was instantly startled when he came back to his senses.
"What do you mean, your shelter is out of fuel?!"
Lucius coughed and said.
"It's not my shelter, it's the one I... picked up recently."
However, Lucius himself has no idea how much energy can be used in shelter 404.
So far, he has not unlocked the floor where the reactor is located. Even if he wants to refuel the shelter, there is no place to refuel. He can only hope that the current energy consumption rate of the shelter is still within the expectations of the first-generation managers.
If GAME OVER is due to a power outage, that would be too much!
Hearing Lucius's explanation, Tom breathed a sigh of relief, and continued after a pause.
"The fuel rods for the shelter are not easy to find. After all, the original intention of the shelter plan was not to keep the survivors underground. Some shelters will even gradually shut down the life support system after opening, or adjust the full cycle to half-circle to urge the Shelter Dwellers back to the surface to start rebuilding."
Lucius frowned.
"Does that mean there's no other way?"
"No." Tom shook his head. "As far as I know, Aviatium Aerospace is the organization that designed the reactor for the refuge in the Central Continent area. The reactor is of the same model as the 'Skyster' series of space stations and the N series of spacecraft in terms of specifications."
Lucius couldn't help but said.
"I can't go to the sky to find this thing."
Tom nodded and said.
"Yes, it is really unrealistic to go to the sky to recover fuel rods. The situation there is not much better than that on the ground, and it may even be worse. However, although we cannot go to outer space, we can find some that have not been sent to outer space. In addition, some research institutions associated with Aviatium Aerospace should also be able to find this kind of fuel rods... I heard that their backup generators are of a similar model."
Lucius stared at him with piercing eyes.
"Do you have any good plans?"
Tom hesitated and said.
"I can't guarantee it, but I can give it a try... If you can get the production data and product numbers ofAviatium Aerospace or its factories, you should be able to locate some usable fuel rods."
If I remember correctly, there should be such facilities in the southern part of River Valley Province.
And there should be some usable electronic equipment there, which is what Tom urgently needs now.
After hearing these words, Lucius stood up from the office chair with a bang, walked in front of him overjoyed, and put his hands on his shoulders.
"Okay, then this mission is given to you!"
Facing the eager eyes, Tom was startled, and said without confidence.
"I can only say I will try my best..."
It is now the 211th year of the Wasteland Era, and before that, there has been a three-year war. During these two long centuries, anything is possible.
Even the nursing home on the surface of shelter 404 has been visited by scavengers more than once—it’s just that no one has discovered that there is a shelter hidden under the seemingly broken elevator.
If the fuel rods can be obtained, not only the related missions of shelter 117 can be completed, but also the potential energy crisis of shelter 404 can be solved.
It's killing two birds with one stone!
In a good mood, Lucius waved his hand, and immediately allocated a "Huge sum" of up to 10,000 silver coins to the project of recycling fuel rods.
Finding fuel rods that can match the reactor in the shelter will be the first task of the shelter 404 scientific research team.
As the head of the scientific expedition team, Tom can use this budget to recruit players to explore the target, or issue public rewards.
However, Lucius also warned him that it is best not to spend the money all at once, and sometimes giving too much may not be a good thing.
The specific method of using the budget, as well as the setting of the benchmark value of task rewards at each level, have been included in the "Shelter Resident Handbook (NPC Edition)" in detail.
This is a required course for every NPC in shelter 404.
If you have any questions about one of the terms, you can click the question mark icon on the manual page of the VM to ask the manager assistant "Popo". Popo, who is online 24 hours a day, will answer every question.
However, just like when Boss Sumeria first came here, Dr. Tom didn't have any feelings about things like silver coins, and instead took this opportunity to complain.
"You guys are still using metal currency? Don't you find it troublesome?"
Lucius said disapprovingly.
"Metal currency has the benefits of metal currency. The sound of coins colliding can make people work harder, and coins that can be seen and touched are easier to be recognized by strangers... However, I am also thinking about it recently. We need a more convenient set of currency. Go about your own business, you don't need to worry about this problem, I will find a way to solve it."
After Dr. Tom left.
Lucius, who was sitting in front of the computer, switched back to his identity as a planner, and logged into the background page of the official website of "Wasteland OL".
Before opening shelter 117, Lucius only recovered the power armor there, Dr. Principle's suitcase, and the manager's VM, and there were still many areas that he hadn't had time to explore carefully.
Currently, there are two tasks left in his task bar.
One is to refuel the reactor of shelter 117. After completing this, you can get the manager authority of shelter 117.
The other is a quest triggered by Dr. Principe's videotape.
That is, take the VM to explore the entire area of shelter 117, and you can unlock the B3 floor of shelter 404 after completing it.
Lucius had entrusted Tom with the task of finding fuel rods.
As for the latter task, the current exploration progress is 21%, and Lucius intends to hand over the rest to his little players.
The alien species at the entrance of the shelter has been resolved, and the job of exploring the map itself is not difficult, so I just took this opportunity to give benefits to his players.
I already have an idea in my mind.
A smile floated on Lucius's face, he put his hands on the keyboard, and began to assign "tomorrow" homework to his little players——
[ Announcement: The player "Badass Bunny" has been upgraded to level 10, becoming the first strength player whose gene sequence development progress has reached 10%! ]
[ Announcement: A new version is coming soon, and the unlimited time event "Our Neighbors" will start on time at 19:00 tonight! ]
[ Activity Content: Take the VM to visit Shelter No. 117, check in all the scenes, and the exploration progress reaches 100%, you can get a mysterious gift! ]
[ Note: There is no time limit for the event, and you can claim it with a VM. To avoid traffic jams, players are requested to travel at staggered peak times! ]
